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On Both Sides Of The Wall- Vladka Meed

""Take heart jews"..."you'll see, with God's help we'll overcome this misfortune too."

My Reaction- The Jews had been persectued ever since the day of our Lord, yet their faith still remains strong. This goes to prove that when you persecute any religouse group their religion comes to mean more to them and they will depend on it more to help them. They become stronger through persecution and even if you do succeed in killing them off they aren't gone. Their voices will continue to echo in the minds of others around them andother around the world. I totally agree, that even if you kill a great number of a certain religion or ethnic group that they will still live in the hearts and minds of those around them. -Steph-

Night-Elie Wiesle "And, in the depths of my being, in the recesses of my weakened conscience could I have searched it, I might have found something like-free at last!" My reaction- Elie had felt as though he was imprisioned by the responsibilty if taking care of his father. Once his father died he felt as though he had freedom to act however he felt nessecary and could spend all of his time and energy on taking care of himself and only himself.

This kind of reaction from a son about his father was not uncommon and created guilt in the survivor. M. Fegan

Nuremburg I actually enjoyed this movie and found the trials very interesting. I thought that the war criminals were given a fair trial and got what they deserved. I was also surprised to find that the physciatrist (Leon Goldensohn) was a Jew and that he was willing to work with these Germans that killed his people. I also was not surprised that they did not order firing squads for the men that were guilty but instead hung them. I did feel bad for the families of these men, especaily their children since they would have to grow up and spend the rest of thier life knowing that their father was hanged for commiting war crimes against the Jews. Something that surprised me was Robert Jackson's actions with his wife. Another thing that surprised me was to find out that the one victim actually had a plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler. T here were lots of surprises in this film. When I have time I want to read more about the trial, the accused, the families of the accused, and the psychiatrist. M. Fegan